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THB HAYS FEES PHES3
The Ligtit in ttie Oeariiig
A TALE of the NORTH COUNTRY in the TIME of SILAS WRIGHT
By IRVING BACHELLER.
Author of EE EN HOLDEN. D'RI AND X. DABJtJl OF THE BLESSED
ISLES. KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE. Etc. Etc
n
BARTON LEARNS OF THE EXISTENCE OF A WONDER
FUL POWER KNOWN AS "MONEY."
Synopsis. Barton Baynes, an orphan, goes to live with his uncle,
Peabody Baynes, and his Aunt Deel on a farm on Rattleroad, in a
neighborhood called Lickitysplit, about the year 1826, He meets Sally
Dunkelberg. about his own age. but socially of a class above the
Bayneses, and is fascinated by her pretty face and fine clothes. Barton
also meets Roving Kate, known in the neighborhood as the "Silent
Woman." Amos Grimshaw, a young son of the richest man in the town
skip, is a visitor at the Baynes home and Roving Kate tells the boys'
fortunes, predicting a bright future for Barton and death on the gallows
for Amos. Reproved for an act of boyish mischief. Barton runs away,
intending to make his home with the Dunkelbergs. He reaches Canton
and fails asleep on a porch. There he is found by Silas Wright, Jr.. a
man prominent in public affairs, who, knowing Peabody Baynes, takes
Barton home after huying him new clothes. Silas Wright evinces much
interest in Barton and sends a box of books and magazines to the
Baynes home. A short time later the election of Mr. Wright to the
United States senate is announced.
CHAPTER V.
5
The Great Stranger
Some strangers came along the
road those days hunters, peddlers
and the like and their coming filled
me with a joy which mostly went
away with them, I regret to say. None
of these, however, appealed to my
Imagination as did old Kate. But
there was one stranger greater than
she greater indeed, than any other
who came into Rattleroad. He came
rarely and would not be long detained.
How curiously we looked at him,
knowing his fame and power! This
great stranger was Money.
I shall never forget the day that
my uncle showed me a dollar bill and
a little shiny, gold coin and three
pieces of silver, nor can I forget how
carefully he watched them while
they lay in my hands and presently
put them back into his wallet. That
was long before the time of which I
am writing. I remember hearing him
say, one day of that year, when I
asked him to take us to the Caravan
of Wild Beasts which was coming to
the village :
"I'm sorry, but it's been a hundred
Sundays since I had a dollar in my
wallet for more than ten minutes."
I have his old account book for
the years of 1837 and 1S38. Here are
eome of the entries:
"Balanced accounts with J. Doro
thy and gave him my note for $2.15
to be paid in salts January 1, 1S38.
Sold ten bushels of wheat to E. Miner
at 90 cents, to bo paid in giiods.
"Sold two sheep to Flaius Curtis
and took his note for $6, payable in
boots on or before March thi first.
Only one entry in more than a
hundred mention money, and this was
the sum of eleven cents received in
balance from a neighbor.
So it will be seen that a spirit of
mutual .accommodation served to
help us ' over the rough going. Mr.
Grimshaw, however, demanded his
pay in cash and that I find was main
Jy the habit of the money-lenders.
VVe were poor but our poverty was
not like that of these days in which
II am writing. It wss proud and
cleanly and well-fed. Our fathers
ihad seen heroic service in the wars
And we knew It.
I was twelve years old when I be
gan to be the reader for our little
family. Aunt Deel had - long com
plained that she couldn't keep up with
her knitting and read so much. We
, had not' seen Mr. Wright for nearly
two years, but he had sent us, the
novels of Sir Walter Scott and I had
led them heart deep into t?e creed
battles of pid Mortality.
Then came the evil days of 1837,
when the story of our lives began to
quicken its pace and excite our inter
est in its" coming chapters. It gave
us enough to think of, God knows.
Wild speculations in land and the
Amoricnn nfinpr-moiipv svstem hnd
brought us into rough going. The
banks of the city of New York had
suspended payment of their notes.
They could no longer meet their en
gagements. As usual, the burden fell
heaviest on the poor. It was hard to
get money even for black salts.
Uncle Peabody had been silent and
depressed for a month or more. He
had signed a note for Rodney Barnes,
a cousin, long before and was afraid
fhof Via vvrvnlr! hflve trt rnv it" T didn't
know what a note was and I remem
ber that one night, when I lay think
ing about it, I de-Jded that it must
be something in th-? nature of horse
colic. My uncle tol-f me that a note
was a trouble which attacked the
brain instead of the stomach.
One autumn day in Canton Uncle
Peabody traded three sheep and twen
ty Dusneis or wneai lor a cook stove
and brought it home in the big wagon.
Rodney Barnes came with him to help
set up the stove. He was a big giant
of a man with the longest nose in the
township. I have often wondered how
any one would solve the problem of
kissing Mr. Barnes in the immediate
region of his nose, the same being "in
the nature of a defense.
That evening I was chiefly inter
ested in ' the stove, ' What a joy it
was to me with its damper and grid
died and high oven and the shiny edge
on Its hearth ! It rivaled, in its nov
elty and charm, any tin peddler's cart
that ever came to our door. John
Axtell and his wife., who had seen It
pass their house, hurried over for a
look, at It. Every hand was on the
stove as we tenderly carried it into
the house, piece by piece, and set it
up. - Then they cut a hole in the up
per floor and the stone chimney and
fitted the pipe. How keenly we
watched the building of the fire. How
quickly it roared and began to heat
tbj room ! -
When the Axtells had , gone away
Aunt Deel said: '
"It's grand! It is sartin but Tra
'frald we can't afford it ayes I be!"
"We can't afford to freeze any
longer. I made up my mind that we
couldu't go through another winter
as we have." was my uncle's answer.
"How much did it cost?" she asked.
"Not Jnuch differ'nt from thirty
four dollars in sheep and grain." he
answered.
xvuuuey xsarnes stayed to supper
and spent a part of the evening with
us.
Like other settlers there, Mr.
Barnes was a cheerful optimist. Every
thing looked good to him until it
turned out badly.
He told how he had heard that It
was a growing country near the great
water highway of the St. Lawrence.
Prosperous towns were building up
in it. There were going to be great
cities in Northern New York. There
were rich stores of lead and iron
in the rocks. Mr. Barnes had bought
two hundred acres at ten dollars an
acre. He had to pay a fee of five
per cent, to Grimshaw's lawyer for
the survey and the papers. This left
him owing fourteen hundred dollars
on his farm much more than it was
worth.
Our cousin twisted the poker in
his great hands until it squeaked as
he stood before my uncle and said:
"My wife and I have chopped and
burnt and pried and hauled rocks an'
shoveled dung an' milked an churned
until we are worn out. For almost
twenty years we've been workin' days
an' nights an' Sundays. My mortgage
was over-due, I owed six hundred dol
lars on it. I thought it all over one
day an' went up to Grimshaw's an'
took him by the back of the neck
and shook him. He said he would
drive me out o' th country. He
gave me six months to pay up. I had
to pay or lose the land. I got the
money on the note that you signed
over in Potsdam. Nobody in Can
ton would 'a' dared to lend it to
me."
"Why?" my uncle asked.
"'Frald o' Grimshaw. He didn't
want me to be able to pay. it. The
place is worth more than six hundred
dollars now that's the reason. I in
tended to cut some timber an haul
It to the village this winter so I could
pay a part o' the note an' git more
time as I told ye, but the roads have
been so bad I couldn't do any iul
mV -My ttruile went and took a drink at
the wat?r pail. I saw by bis face
that he was unusually wrought up.
"My heavens an earth!" he ex
claimed as he sat down again.
"It's the brain colic," I said to
myself as I looked at him.
Mr. Barnes seemed to have it also.
"Too much note." I whispered.
"I'm awful sorry, but I've done
everything I could," said Mr. Barnes.
"Ain't there somebody that'll take
another mortgage? it ought to be
safe now," my uncle suggested.
"Money is so tight it can't be done.
The bank has got all the money an
Grimshaw owns the bank. Tve tried
and tried, but I'll make you safe. I'll
give, you a mortgage until I can turn
'round."
So I: saw how Rodney Barnes, like
other settlers in Lickitysplit, had gone '
into bondage to the laadlord.
"How much do you owe on lhi3
place?" Barnes asked!
"Seven hundred an fifty dollars,"
said my uncle.
"Is it due?"
"It's been due a year an If I have
to pay that note I'll be short my in
terest." "God o Israel! I'm scalrt," said
Uncle Peabody.
Down crashed the stick of wood
into the box.
"What about?"
"It would be like him to put the
screws on you now. You've got be
tween him an' his prey. You've taken
the mouse away from the cat."
1 remember the little panic that
fell on us then. I could see tears
in the eyes of Aunt Deel as she sat
with her head leaning wearily on her
hand. . .
"If he does 111 do all I can, said
Barnes, "whatever I've got will be
yours."
Rodney Barnes left us, and I re
member how Uncle Peabody stood in
the middle of the floor and . whistled
the merriest tune he knew.
"Stand right up here," he called in
his most cheerful tone. "Stand -right
up here before me, both o ye;"
I got Aunt Deel by the hand and
led her toward my uncle. We stood
facing him. "Stand stralghter," he
demanded. "Now, altogether. One,
two, three, ready sing."
He. beat time with his hand In imi
tation of the singing , master at the
schoolhouse and we joined him in
singing an old tune which began: "Oh,
keep my heart from sadness, God."
This irresistible spirit of the man
bridged a bad hour and got us off
to bed in fairly good condition.
A few days later the note came
due and its owner insisted upon full
payment. There was such a clamor for
money those days! I remember ' that
my aunt had sixty dollars which she I
had saved, little by little, by selling
eggs and chickens. She had planned
to use it to buy a tombstone for her
mother and father a long-cherished
ambition. My uncle needed the most
of it to help pay the note. We drove
to Potsdam on that sad errand and
what a time we had getting there
and back in deep mud and sand and
jolting over corduroys!
"Bart." my uncle said the next
kevenlng. as I took down the book to
read. "I guess we'd better talk
things over a little tonight. These
are hard times. If we can find any
body with money enough to buy 'em
I dunno but we better sell the
sheep."
"If you hadn't been a fool." my
aunt exclaimed with a look of great
distress "ayes ! If . you hadn't been
a fool."
"I'm just what I be, an I ain't so
big a fool that I need to be reminded
of it," said my uncle.
"I'll stay home an work," I pro
posed bravely.
"You ain't old enough for that."
sighed Aunt Deel.
"I want to keep you in school." said
Uncle Peabody, who 'sat making a
splint broom.
While we were talking in walked
Benjamin Grimshaw the rich man of
the hills. He didn't stop to knock,
but walked right in as if the house
ih'imi't
"One, Two, Three, Ready Sing."
were his own. It . was common gos
sip that he held a mortgage on every
acre of the countryside. I had never
liked him, for he was a stern-eyed
man who was always scolding some
body, and J had not forgotten what his
son had said of him.
"Good night!" he exclaimea curtly,
as he sat down and set his cane be
tween his feet and rested his hands
upon it. He spoke hoarsely and 1
remember the carious notion came to
me that he looked like our old ram.
He wore a thin, gray beard under his
chin. His mouth was shut tight in
a long line curving downward a lit
tle at the ends. My uncle used to
say that his mouth was .made to keep
his thoughts from leaking and going
to waste. He had a big body, a big
chin, a big mouth, a big nose and
big ears and hands. His eyes lay
small in this setting of bigness.
"Why, Mr. Grimshaw, it's years
since you've been in our house
ayes!" said Aunt Deel.
"I suppose it is," he answered rath
er sharply. "I don't have much time
to get around. I have to work.
There's some people seem to be able
to git along without It. I see you've
got one o' these newfangled stoves,"
he added as he looked It over. "Huh !
ENROLLED UNDER RED CROSS
Greek Girls, Trained Here as Nurses,
Will Do'Work of'Mercy in Their
Own Country.
Greek girls in the uniforms of
American Red Cross nurses are now
serving in the hospitals of Greece.
These girls are part of a number from
New England who, anxious to help
their fellow countrymen, detided to
become nursing aids, says the public
information ' bureau, Washington.
They enrolled In training . courses in
the Massachusetts General hospital
and other Boston hospitals, where
they soon became proficient in their
work. Recently four of them, who
had practically completed their
courses, decided that they would like
to go back to Greece with the Ameri
can mission which was just then about
to leave. 'Through the Greek legation
they applied for permission to go with
this mission as members of the Amer
ican Red Cross.
Now they are not only serving their
own people, but are also creating a.
feeling In Greece which cements the
long friendship of the Greeks with
America. Although no American
troops have been landed on Greek
soiU the people are nevertheless
pleased with the sight of an Ameri
can uniform, no matter what branch
of the service it represents.
' Another group of Greek girls in
ilW ill I
5 ' '
Rich folks can have anything they
want."
Uncle Peabody had sat splintering
the long stlek of yellow .birch. I ob
served that the jackknife trembled In
his hand. His tone had a touch of
unnaturalness. proceeding no doubt
from his fear of the man before him,
as he said:
"Wifen I bought that stove I felt
richer than I do now. I had almost
enough to settle with you up to date,
but I signed a note for a friend and
had to pay it. "
"Ayuh! I suppose so," Grimshaw
answered in a tone of bitter irony
which cut me like a knife-blade, young
as I was. "What business have you
slgnin notes an givin away money
which ain't yours to give I'd like to
know? What business have you actin
like a rich man when you can't pay
yer honest debts? I'd like to know
that, too?"
. "If I've ever acted like a rich man
It's been when I wa'n't looklnY said
Uncle Peabody.
"What business have you to go en
largin yer family takin another
mouth to feed and another body to
spin for? That costs money. I want
to tell you one thing, Baynes. you've
got to pay up or git out o' here."
He raised his cane and shook it in
the air as he spoke.
"Oh, I ain't no doubt o that," said'
Uncle Peabody. "You'll have to have
yer money that's sure; an you will
have it If I live, every cent of it.
This boy Is goin to be a great help
to me you don't know what a good
boy he Is and what a comfort he's
been to us !"
These words of my teloved uncle,
uncovered my emotions so that I put
my elbow on the wood-box and leaned
my head jpon it and sobbed.
"I ain't goin to be hard on ye,
Baynes," said Mr. Grimshaw as be
rose from his chair; "I'll give ye
three months to see what you can do.
I wouldn't wonder if the boy would
turn out all right. He's big an' cordy
of his age and a purty likely boy, they
tell me."
Mr. Grimshaw opened the door and
stood for a moment looking at us and
added in a milder tone: "You've got
one o' the best farms in this town an
if ye work hard an' use commoa
sense ye ought to be "out o' debt in
five jears mebbe less."
He closed the door and went away.
Neither of us moved or spoke as we
listened to his footsteps on the gravel
path that went down to the. road and
to the sound of his buggy as he drove
away. Then Uncle Peabody broke
the silence by saying:
"He's the dam'dest "
He stopped, set the half-splintered
stick aside, closed his jackknife and
went to the water-pail to cool his
emotions with a drink.
Aunt Deel took up the subject where
he had dropped it, as if no-half-expressed
sentiment would satisfy her,
saying :
" old skinflint that ever lived in
this world, ayes! I ain't goin to
hold my opinion o that man no
longer, ayes! I can't. It's too pow
erful ayes !"
Having recovered ray composure I
repeated that I should like to give up
school and stay at home and work.
Aunt Dee' interrupted me by say
ing: "I have an idee that Sile Wright
will Leip us ayes ! He's comin' home
an' you better go down an see him
ayes! . Hadn't ye?"
"Bart an I'll go down to-morrer,"
said Uncle Peabody.
Some fourteen months before that
day my uncle had taken me to Pots
dam and traded grain and salts for
what he called a "rip roarin' fine suit
o' clothes" with boots and cap and
shirt and collar and necktie to match.
I having earned them by' sawing and
cording wood at three shillings a
cord. How often we looked back to
those better days! The clothes had
been too big for me and I had had to
wuit until my growth had taken up
the "slack" In my coat and trousers
before I could venture out of the
neighbortood. I had tried them on
every week or so for a long time. Now
lay statui; filled mem handsomely
and tboy filled me with a pride and
salsfa-itioii which I had never known
before.
"Now may' the Lord help ye to be
careful awful, terrible careful o
them clothes every minute o this
day," Aunt Dee? cautioned as she
looked at me. "Don't git no horse
sweat nor wagon greake on 'em."
Barton gets new inspiration
from the word3 of the great
Silas Wright, who plans for the
education of the boy when he
is old enough to leave home for
school.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Boston is taking up courses at Sim
mons college in dietetics, domestic
science and home aid. These girls
also expect shortly to sail for Greece.
Our Wonderful Language.
A certain merchant died, leaving to
his only son the conduct of his exten
sive business, and great doubt was ex
pressed in some quarters whether the
young man possessed the ability to car
ry out the father's policies. "Well,"
said one kindly disposed friend, "for
my part, I think Henry Is very bright
and capable. I'm sure, he will succeed. '
"Perhaps you're right." said another
friend. "Henry is undoubtedly a clev
er fellow, but, take It from me, old
man. he hasn't got the head to fill his
father's shoes."
All Mutt Be Earned.
All external good has Its tax, and If
It come without desert or sweat, has
no root in me and the next wind will
blow it away. But all the good of
nature Is the soul's and may be had.
If paid for In nature's lawful coin, that
Is, by labor which the heart and the
head allow. I no longer wish to meet
a good I do not earn. Emerson.
Fully ' Explained.
Jennie was asked why she did not
go next door any more to play with
her little chum. She replied : "Our
dispositions didn't match, so we 1
Iiunded cur e.cs.wdnix'ace."
IE lilliSHIP OF THI
mi mm
Alms and Ideals cf the United
States and Canada Will
Soon Be Signed.
The war is over, peace will soon be
signed," the fighting nations have
sheathed their swords, and the day of
reconstruction has come.
What of it!
Hundreds of thousands of men, tak
en from the fields of husbandry, from
the ranks of labor, from the four walla
of the counting house, and the con
fines of the workshop, taken from them
to do their part, their large part, in
the prevention of the spoliation of the
world, and in the meantime removed
from, the gear of common everyday
life, will be returned, only to find In
many cases old positions filled, the
machinery with which they were for
merly attachpd dislocated.
Are they to become aimless wan
derers, with the ultimate possibility
of augmenting an army of menacing
loafers? If they do It it Is because their
ability to assist In laying new founda
tions, in building up much required
structures, is underestimted. Men
who have fought as they have fought,
who have risked and faced dangers as
they have, are not of the caliber likely
to flinch when It comes to the resto
ration of what the enemy partially de
stroyed, when it comes to the recon
struction of the world the ideals of
which they had in view when they took
part in the great struggle whose Divine
purpose was to bring about this re
construction. Inured to toil, thoughtles of fatigue,
trained in initiative and hardened by
their outdoor existence they will re
turn better and stronger men, boys
will have matured and young men will
have developed.
They will decide of themselves lines
of action and thought, and what their
future snoula and win be. On the
field of battle they developed alertness
and wisdom, and they will return with
both shedding from every pore.
Action was their by-word and It will
stand them in good stead now that the
din of the battle no longer rings In
their ears, or the zero hour signals
them to the fray, and it will continue
during their entire existence.
But If they return to find their old
avocation gone, their places filled, the
Institutions with which they were con
nected no longer exist, new walks of
life and employment must be opened
to them. It may be that the counting
house, the factory, the workshop will
have lost their attraction. The return
ed soldier will look elsewhere for em
ployment; within his reach there is al
ways the "Forward-to-the-Lond" ne
cessity. In this lies the remedy that
will not only take care of a multitude
of those who may not be able to return
to their former occupations, whose de
sires are not to do so, whose health
prohibits them from Indoor life or
whose outdoor habits from the past
one, two, three or four years have
given them such a taste and desire
for it that confinement would be un
bearable. Farm life will thus appeal
o them, and the indications are that it
-Ill be taken advantage of by thou
sands. It means much to them as well
as to the Continent of America that
provides the opportunity to the world
at large, and to the stricken and fam
ished nations of Europe, who, not only
today, but for years to come, will re
quire the sustenance that can only
largely be supplied by the United
States and Canada. By following the
pursuit of agriculture the returned
soldier will continue the cause he so
greatly advanced when fighting on the
field of battle. Both countries have
undeveloped areas yet open to settle
ment. There Is little need here to direct
attention to the wealth that has come
to the farmers of Canada within the
past few years. It Is not only in grain
growing that unqualified and almost
unequaled success has followed hon
est effort, but the raising of horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs has been large
source of profit. These are facts that
are well known to the many friends
end acquaintances of the thousands of
farmers from the United States who
have acquired wealth on the prairies
of Western Canada. Farms of from
one hundred and sixty to six hundred
and forty acres of the richest soil may
be secured on reasonable terms, and
with n excellent climate with a school
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system ejual to any in the world, and
dej-iroble social conditions, little else
could be asked.
Canadian statesmen are today busily
engaged planning for the future of the
returned soldier with a view to making
him Independent of state help after the
immediate necessary assistance has
been . granted, the main idea being to
show in the fullest degree the country's
appreciation of the services he has
rendered.
But, now that the war is ended, and
the fact apparent that of all avocations
the most profitable and independent
Is that of the farmer, there will be a
strong desire to secure farm lands for
cultivation. Canada offers the oppor
tunity to those seeking, not as specula
tion but as production. The deepest
interest is taken by Federal and Pro
vincial authorities to further the wel
fare of the farmer and secure a maxi
mum return for his efforts. Large
sums of money are spent In educational
and experimental work. Engaged in
Experimental and Demonstration
farms, and in the agricultural colleges,
are men of the highest technical knowl
edge and practical experience, some be
ing professors of international reputa
tion. The results of experiments and
tests are free and available to aLL Ed
ucational opportunities for farmers are
the concern of the Government and
appreciation is shown by ihe number of
fanners who attend the free courses.
Agriculture in Canada has reached a
high standard, notwithstanding which
lands, are low in price.
Thus upon the United States and
Canada for many years will rest the
great burden of feeding the world.
With free Interchange of travel, diffi
culties of crossing and recrossing re
moved, Canada may look for a speedy
resumption of the large influx of set
tlers from the United States which pre
vailed previous to the war. During
the war period there was a dread of
something, no one seemed to know
what : If the American went to Canada
he might be conscripted, put In prison,
or In his attempt to cross the border he
would meet with Innumerable difficul
t'es. most of which, of course, was un
true. These untruths were circulated
for a purpose by an element, which, it
was discovered had an interest In fo
menting and creating trouble and dis
trust between two peoples whose lan
guage and aims in life should be any
thing but of an unfriendly character.
The draft law of the United States
edepted for the carrying out of the
high purposes had in view by the Unit
ed States kept many from going to
Canada during the period of the war.
The citizen army of the United States
was quickly mobilized, and contained
a large percentage of the young men
from the farms. In this way many
were prevented from going to Canada.
That Is all over now. There are no
real or imaginary restrictions ; there Is
no draft law to Interefere. On the con
trary there Is an unfathomable depth
of good feeling, and the long existing
friendship is stronger than ever. This
has been brought about by the knowl
edge of what has been done In the re
cent great struggle, each vying with
the other in giving credit for what was
accomplished. In thought and feeling,
in language. In aims in life, in work.
HAARLEM OIL CAPSULES
IF YOUR BACK ACHES
Do yon feel tired and "worn-out?"
Are you nervous and irritable? Don't
6leep well at night? Have a "dragged
out, nnrested feeling when you get
up in the morning? Dizzy spells? Bil
ious? Bad taste in the mouth, back
ache, pain or soreness in the loins,
and abdomen? Severe distress when
urinating, bloody, cloudy urine or sed
iment? All these indicate gravel or
stone in the bladder, or that the poi
sonous microbes, which are always In
your system, have attacked your kid
neys. You should use GOLD MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules immediately.
The oil soaks gently into the walls
B-nd lining of the kidneys, and the lit
te poisonous animal germs, which are
causing the Inflammation, are Imme
diately attacked and chased out of
your system without Inconvenience or
pain.
Should Profit by tlie Experience
Tin
:e Two
am thB rootlier
nearly tnree years I suiierea from
in my uacK aim siae, ana a general "weakness, i pro
fessional attendance most of that tfma but did not seem to
get vrelL As a last resort I decided to try Lydia K.
Knkham's Vegetable Compound -which I had seen
advertised in the newspapers, and in two "weets noticed
a marked improvement. I continued its use and am
noTT free from pain and
TTOrk." Mrs. B. B. Zrn.mxKi, 202 Weiss Street,
Buffalo, Y.
Portland, Intl. "I had a displacement and suffered
bo badly from it at times I could not be on my feet
at alL I "was all run down and so "weak I could not
do my housework, was nervous and could not lis
down at night. 1 took
Du5 tueycjo. not neip
it and now I am strong and well again and do
1 my own work and I give Lydia E. Pinkham'a
l Compound the credit." lira, Josipeisb
1 KnrBT.Tv 925 West Eaca Street, Portland, lad.
Every Sick Woman Should Try
M
tYDIA E.PTNKHAM
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In desire to build up a new world,
there has been bred a kinship which is
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Showing It a Good Time.
Dugan and O'Brien had been togeth
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they had left the chamber of horrors,
Dugan said: "O'Brien, sure and that
was a great way ye wint on about
your toot. Don't yez know the dintist
was only tratin ItT
"Traitin It, eh?" said O'Brien.
"Tratin It! Then begob Oi'd hate tm
be around whin he got on bad terms
wid it."
BQSCHEE'S SYRU?
Why use ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's Syrup has been used
so successfully for fifty-one years in
all parts of the United States for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled In the
throat, especially lung troubles? It
gives the patient a good night's rest
free from coughing, with easy expec
toration In the morning, gives nature
a chance to soothe the Inflamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient t regain hl3 health. Made In
America and sold for more than half
a century. Adv.
Bad Business.
Said the facetious philosopher : "Put
ting something away for a rainy day is
excellent business policy, but what gets
a lot of fellows In the toils of the
law Is putting It away for a dry one."
Suitable Concession.
"Pa can you get me a new rubber
coat?" "Well. I guess I can stretch
a point for it."
Dr. Pierre's Tlnunt Pellets pnt as a3 t
sick aed btlioaa beadaebea. constipation, tiixxi
seas and Indif estioa. "Cleaa bona." - Xir.
Some men are afraid of nothing but
danger.
Influenza and kindred
diseases start withacold.
Don't trifle with it.
At the first shiver or
sneeze, take
CASCARA QUININE
Standard cold remedy for 29 cai hi tablet
farm mafe. aure. no opiatea- breaks up a cold
in 24 hour relieves trip in 3 days. Money
back if itfaila. The genuine box baa a Red top
with Sir. Kill's picture At Ail Xroc Store.
Soldiers Soothe
Skin Troubles
with Cuticura
Sosa, Ointment. Taleon Se. each.
Samples of "Cattaara.il ipt T.Sat .
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Don't ignore the little pains and
aches," especially backaches. They
may be little now but there Is no tell
ing how soon a dangerous or fatal dis
ease of which they are the forerun
ners may show itself. Go after the
cause of that backache at once, or you
may find yourself in the grip of an In
curable disease.
Do not delay a minute. Go to your
druggist and Insist on his supplying
you with a box of GOLD MUDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules. In 24 hours
you will feel renewed health and vigor.
After you have cured yourself, con
tinue to take one or two Capsules
each day so as to keep In first-class
condition, and ward oS the danger of
future attacks. Money refunded If
they do not help you. Ask for the
original Imported GOLD MEDAL
brand, and thus be sure of getting th
genuine. Adv.
7 A Catarrhal Fever
4 Pink Eye, Shipping
.Fever, Eplzootio
And all diseases of the horse affecting- Ms throat speedy cured S
colts and horses In the aazne stable kept from ha vlng them by Timing
SPOHN'S COMPOUND
3 to 6 doses often cure. Safe for all apes. Consumers may order
direct from the manufacturers. Bend remittance with your order.
J cents and $1.15 a bottle ; CM and 11jOO the dozen, deiiTered. .
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Women
of four cliildren, ard to?
a female trouble with, ptfns.
able to do all my house-
treatments from a physician
me. say -aunt recommended
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